Abstracts
Résumé
Cette section Pratiques présente un aperçu du travail de six Canadiens, cinq artistes et une scientifique, qui en juin 2017 ont navigué le long des côtes ouest et nord du Svalbard, dans l’Arctique, dans le cadre de The Arctic Circle Summer Solstice Expedition. Cette expédition réunissait trente artistes, scientifiques, architectes et éducateurs, dont les pratiques englobent le dessin, les médias photographiques, les interventions in situ, la vidéo, la danse, la performance, l’écriture, les démarches sociales et la biologie moléculaire.
Cette section témoigne de la nature interdisciplinaire, transdisciplinaire et multidisciplinaire des projets réalisés pendant l’expédition, ainsi que des multiples réflexions nées dans les mois suivants des discussions s’y étant déroulées. Encadrées par divers thèmes de projet, tels le deuil, la souveraineté, les catastrophes écologiques, les études nordiques et la cosmologie, les expériences collectives des participants, ainsi que les oeuvres qui en résultèrent, soulèvent des questions concernant les écologies humaines et leurs effets sur elles-mêmes et sur la planète entière.
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Acknowledgements
Robert Hengeveld, Risa Horowitz, and Brandy Leary acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Risa Horowitz further acknowledges the support of the Saskatchewan Arts Board. Lynne Quarmby would like to thank Mr. Rudy North for sponsoring her participation in the residency.
Biographical notes
Brett Despotovich is a multidisciplinary visual and sound artist.
Robert Hengeveld is Assistant Professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Grenfell Campus. He is an installation and media artist whose work explores the boundaries between reality and fiction, and where we find ourselves within that relationship.
Risa Horowitz is Associate Professor at the University of Regina. She is a visual and media artist whose works explore the relations between expert and amateur, work and hobby, and leisure and productivity through photo-based media, video, performance, electronics, installation, and writing.
Brandy Leary is Artistic Director of Anandam Dancetheatre. She creates contemporary performances through the body with an artistic practice informed by ance, martial arts, ritual, circus, and theatre.
Lynne Quarmby is a Canadian scientist, activist, politician, and emerging popular science writer. She is a professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia.
Susan Stewart is Associate professor at the Emily Carr University of Art + Design. She is a media artist, photographer, and educator whose works use video, photography, writing, and multi-media performances and installations to explore the relational, ecological, and political aspects of the social body.